Pune: Cybercrime is turning out to be one of the biggest challenges for the police in the city with crimes on the web witnessing a quantum leap to 269 in 2016 from 85 the year before.
The National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) Crime in India, 2016 report revealed that the number of cybercrime cases in Pune pertained to cheating, computer-related offences and publication or transmission of obscene and sexually explicit contents.
The report also revealed that illegal gain, revenge and sexual exploitation of the victims were among the top motives for the crimes.
Shweta Chawla, head and chief investigator at the Pune-based SC Cyber Solutions, told TOI that the Pune police have simplified registering cybercrime cases. She said, "It has also become easier for the criminals to register fake websites and domain names. The most conventional cybercrimes are not difficult to carry out — such as creating a link and enticing victims to visit a fake website."
The NCRB data showed that apart from cheating and computer-related offences, instances were galore about crimes pertaining to publication and transmission of obscene and sexually explicit content.
Chawla said, "Over 50% of the cases reaching me are about couples who film themselves and end up having the videos leaked out via a malware. In many such cases, which may involve a break-up of relationship, one of the parties tries to defame the other by leaking the video on the web."
She also expressed concern over the rise in cases of harassment experienced by school and college students in their teens and early 20s. Chawla said, "They receive obscene text messages, videos and lewd pictures from unknown stalkers. In some cases, there has been the victims' face on pornographic images."
Cybercrime expert CyberFirst Pvt Ltd director Sandip Gadiya claimed that demonetization and the consequent 'digital revolution' in the country in 2016 resulted in an increase in cybercrimes, where victims were mostly those using e-wallets, internet banking and debit cards for the first time.
"Also, the reporting of cybercrime cases has improved not only in Pune but across Maharashtra, especially after the launch of the Maharashtra cyber security project by the chief minister in 2016. More than 45 cyber labs or cyber police stations have come up across the state," he said.
Vinayak Godse, director of the Data Security Council of India, said Pune police have prepared its cyber cell police officers in understanding and investigating cybercrimes.
Data Security Council of India is into protection of NASCOM's data.
The National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) Crime in India, 2016 report revealed that the number of cybercrime cases in Pune pertained to cheating, computer-related offences and publication or transmission of obscene and sexually explicit contents.
The report also revealed that illegal gain, revenge and sexual exploitation of the victims were among the top motives for the crimes.
Shweta Chawla, head and chief investigator at the Pune-based SC Cyber Solutions, told TOI that the Pune police have simplified registering cybercrime cases. She said, "It has also become easier for the criminals to register fake websites and domain names. The most conventional cybercrimes are not difficult to carry out — such as creating a link and enticing victims to visit a fake website."
The NCRB data showed that apart from cheating and computer-related offences, instances were galore about crimes pertaining to publication and transmission of obscene and sexually explicit content.
Chawla said, "Over 50% of the cases reaching me are about couples who film themselves and end up having the videos leaked out via a malware. In many such cases, which may involve a break-up of relationship, one of the parties tries to defame the other by leaking the video on the web."
She also expressed concern over the rise in cases of harassment experienced by school and college students in their teens and early 20s. Chawla said, "They receive obscene text messages, videos and lewd pictures from unknown stalkers. In some cases, there has been the victims' face on pornographic images."
Cybercrime expert CyberFirst Pvt Ltd director Sandip Gadiya claimed that demonetization and the consequent 'digital revolution' in the country in 2016 resulted in an increase in cybercrimes, where victims were mostly those using e-wallets, internet banking and debit cards for the first time.
"Also, the reporting of cybercrime cases has improved not only in Pune but across Maharashtra, especially after the launch of the Maharashtra cyber security project by the chief minister in 2016. More than 45 cyber labs or cyber police stations have come up across the state," he said.
Vinayak Godse, director of the Data Security Council of India, said Pune police have prepared its cyber cell police officers in understanding and investigating cybercrimes.
Data Security Council of India is into protection of NASCOM's data.
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